Transplant Stories

Photo: Teresa Thompson and Patch “I think the next step is a liver transplant”! Hearing these catastrophic words was inconceivable. I was in shock! Travelling home in silence, my head was in turmoil; and spinning. Disbelief. Not me. So many question marks. And then practical realities. My stomach lurched – Sawley, our seven-week-old labrador retriever guide dog puppy …

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“One family’s sorrow gave me my tomorrow” Brian Dean (in yellow) celebrates his 1st transplant anniversary with family I’m Brian and I had been ill for many years, having been diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy (HE), which really changed my life as I was unable to do the simplest of tasks and my …

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“I went from strength to strength playing in many sports teams at school and travelling to many places across the world” Hello, my name is Sarah, and this is my Transplant Story… It was September 2014, I was 32 and I had just given birth a month before – a baby boy. He was my …

Miss Marvelous: The story of the super strong Sarah Barker Read More »